in other news - Trump has indefinitely postponed his State visit to the UK because he is afraid of large-scale protests, and will wait until the public supports him visiting, so looks like he will visit er never

The SNP have governed poorly locally in Scotland (in the devolved Scottish Parliament) and seen education and health targets not being met. They have focused solely on independence at any cost and the Scottish people have woken up to it to an extent and voted less for them in this election. They could've been part of a UK coalition government if in fact they got the same amount of seats they got in 2015. Sinn Fein refuse to swear an oath to the Queen so won't take their seats. To me its pig headed in the current situation where they could do some real damage to the Tories.

I'd love to see Sinn Fein take their seats to fuck up this coalition, especially since the DUP are way more militarized in 2017 than Sinn Fein are. What a scary coalition May has put together, though it cannot possibly last. The DUP are fucking batshit.

Doesn't the DUP being added to May's government kind of violate the Good Friday Agreement?

Seems to be no "kind of" about it! It's disgusting that May is putting her own gain ahead of maintaining Northern Ireland's delicate peace.

__________________"Mediocrity is never so dangerous as when it is dressed up as sincerity." - Søren Kierkegaard

Ian McCulloch the U2 fan:
"Who buys U2 records anyway? It's just music for plumbers and bricklayers. Bono, what a slob. You'd think with all that climbing about he does, he'd look real fit and that. But he's real fat, y'know. Reminds me of a soddin' mountain goat."
"And as for Bono, he needs a colostomy bag for his mouth."